A Table in the Presence of My Enemies: Banqueting and Battling in Ancient Israel - Hardcover
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A Table in the Presence of My Enemies: Banqueting and Battling in Ancient Israel - Hardcover
$46.44
by Matthew Wade Umbarger (Author)
Psalm 23, the most beloved of the Psalms, contains a perplexing riddle. What can it possibly mean that God prepares a table in the presence of the psalmist's enemies? Matthew Umbarger proposes that Psalm 23:5 makes the most sense when read according to its cultural context of prebattle covenant banquets. Beginning with ancient Mesopotamian mythology, Umbarger traces a conceptual trajectory of the prebattle banquet motif that reaches its zenith in the apocalyptic banquets of Second Temple Period literature and the eucharistic theology of the early church.
Author Biography
Matthew Wade Umbarger is associate professor of theology in the School of Catholic Studies at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas.
Number of Pages: 210
Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 25, 2024
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